In the second half, Wollacott had to be alert to save from Simon who got himself into a good shooting position, and at the other end in the 66^{th<\/sup>, Suleman Abdulmumin flighted the ball too high. Uzoho parried from Kudus and Ghana came close from a corner kick but in the 76th<\/sup> minute, Nigeria thought they had won a penalty after substitute Oghenekaro Etebo\u2019s pass was scooped by Gideon Mensah. But after a VAR cheque, Moroccan referee R\u00e9douane Jiyed annulled his own decision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n}

Both teams clash in the final 90 minutes of the fixture at the Moshood Abiola National Stadium, starting from 6pm on Tuesday. The Nigerian delegation to the match in Kumasi returned to Abuja on Saturday morning<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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